Laugh Comics Digest
#56
[$1.25]
(January 1985)
Archie,
1974 Series
- Price
- 1.25 USD
- Pages
- ?
- Indicia Frequency
- bi-monthly in Jan., March, May, July, Sept., and Nov.
- Publisher's Age Guidelines
- Approved by the Comics Code Authority
- Indicia / Colophon Publisher
- Close-Up Inc.
- Brand
-
The Archie Digest Library
- Barcode
- 0271000699756
- Editing
- ?
Issue Notes
Indicia says "Single Copies $1.00 U.S. Canada $1.00 plus 25ยข for postage and handling."
This issue is a variant of Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #56.
This issue is a variant of Laugh Comics Digest (Archie, 1974 series) #56.
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Double Your Pleasure
Dilton / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- I can't believe it!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Dilton Doiley; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones;
- Synopsis
- The gang notices Dilton isn't acting like himself and when Dilton shows up and ask for their help to stop himself they get more perplexed.
- Reprints
-
from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #93 (April 1975)
-
Dots More or Less
activity / 1 page
- Synopsis
- Connect the dots to find out whose portrait is on the page.
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #363 (June 1981) [New colors]
-
Nifty Lifty
Sabrina / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- teen; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Sabrina Spellman; Salem
- Synopsis
- Sabrina attends a women's liberation rally.
- Reprints
- from Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (Archie, 1971 series) #38 (May 1977)
-
Style Smile
Sabrina / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- George Gladir
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo Jr.
- Inks
- Dan DeCarlo Jr.
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Sabrina Spellman; Aunt Hilda
- Synopsis
- Sabrina tries to get Aunt Hilda to modernize her look.
- Reprints
- from Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (Archie, 1971 series) #38 (May 1977)
-
Bag Holders
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Reggie Mantle; Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee; Miss Grundy
- Synopsis
- When Archie points out to Veronica that she looks silly carrying a summer beach bag in winter, she orders him to get rid of it. And from there the bag makes the rounds of the high school, passing from person to person.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #21 (June 1963)
-
Miss Grundy Happy Birthday
Miss Beazly / activity / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Miss Beazly made a cake for Miss Grundy's birthday!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Miss Beazly
Indexer Notes
Unscramble the words to figure out Miss Beazly's thoughts on Miss Grundy's birthday cake.
Rave Favor
Reggie / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
- Reprints
- from Reggie's Wise Guy Jokes (Archie, 1968 series) #5 (April 1969)
-
Green Scene
Reggie / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Veronica Lodge
- Reprints
- from Reggie's Wise Guy Jokes (Archie, 1968 series) #5 (April 1969)
-
What's in a Name?
Sabrina / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- teen; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Sabrina Spellman; Aunt Hilda; Mrs. Naytur; Mr. Benson the postman; Cousin Ambrose
- Synopsis
- A neighbor gets up a petition to run Hilda out of the neighborhood and Hilda won't fight her because she thinks the woman is Mother Nature.
- Reprints
- from Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (Archie, 1971 series) #38 (May 1977)
-
Cuttin' Up
Pat the Brat / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Pat Smith
- Synopsis
- Pat cuts out the pictures of baseball players from the sports section before his father has read it.
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #75 (June 1956) [New colors]
-
A Designer
Pat the Brat / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Pat Smith
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #75 (June 1956) [New colors]
-
Starry Eyed
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 4.33 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx; Hap Holiday; Merry Holiday
- Synopsis
- Enamored with the gold star she got in school, Jinx buys a box of gold stars and begins awarding them for jobs well done.
- Reprints
- from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #192 (April 1966)
-
[no title indexed]
Miss Grundy Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Miss Haggly didn't come in!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Miss Grundy; Mr. Weatherbee
- Synopsis
- Miss Grundy teaches two classes at once.
- Reprints
- from Archie daily (King Features Syndicate) 1960-02-12
The Destroyer
Professor Flutesnoot / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Professor Flutesnoot; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Professor Flutesnoot gets the tail of his lab apron caught in the door of his chemical storage locker and can't get free.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Pals 'n' Gals (Archie, 1952 series) #95 (July 1975)
-
Sunk Skunk
Jughead / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Ethel Muggs
- Synopsis
- Jughead keeps a pet skunk to keep Ethel away.
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #14 (September 1969)
-
No One Does Anything
Little Archie / comic story / 5 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Reprints
- from Little Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #129 (April 1978)
-
The Principal's Pin-Up
Mr. Weatherbee / illustration / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Geraldine Grundy; Principal Waldo Weatherbee
- Reprints
- from Archie's Joke Book Magazine (Archie, 1953 series) #121 (February 1968) [Punchline modified; panel border changed to dotted line with scissor graphic]
-
Nice and Easy
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen; children
- Reprints
- from Li'l Jinx (Archie, 1956 series) #13 (March 1957) [New colors; artist's signature removed]
-
Hide and Sneak
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- How long can you put up with it, Midge?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews; Midge Klump; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- Veronica goes out with Moose so Midge will be free to go out with Reggie but both dates end up at the same museum.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #41 (March 1959) [Feature logo changed]
-
- Keywords
- museum
[no title indexed]
Archie's Pop Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- You know, I think I've been working much too hard!
- Genre
- humor
- Characters
- Fred Andrews; Archie Andrews; Mary Andrews
- Synopsis
- Fred talks about his new life philosophy.
- Reprints
- from Archie daily (King Features Syndicate) 1980-08-29
A Change of Heart
Pipsqueak / comic story / 2 pages
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Pipsqueak; Rosie
- Synopsis
- Pipsqueak and Rosie get new skis. They make the big climb to the top of the ski jump, but have second thoughts about using it.
- Reprints
- from Laugh Comics (Archie, 1946 series) #107 (February 1960) [New colors]
-
- Keywords
- ski jump; skiing
Quiz Whiz
Jughead / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Moose Mason; Midge Klump (cameo)
- Synopsis
- Moose explains why Jughead should use him to help with math homework.
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #10 (March 1969)
-
The Moment of Truth
That Wilkin Boy / comic story / 5 pages
- Script
- Dick Malmgren
- Pencils
- Stan Goldberg
- Inks
- Jon D'Agostino
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Bingo Wilkin; Samantha Smythe
- Synopsis
- When Bingo hears that a new boy at school insulted Samantha, he vows to find the guy and make him apologize, until he learns that his adversary is a karate expert.
- Reprints
- from That Wilkin Boy (Archie, 1969 series) #23 (July 1973)
-
[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- That creep Clyde is so far out he wears blue shoes!
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Archie is surprised that Jughead once wore blue shoes.
- Reprints
- from Archie daily (King Features Syndicate) 1961-11-11
Museum Piece
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Students, I'm sure you're all excited to be here at the museum!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle; Waldo Weatherbee; Dilton Doiley; Ethel Muggs
- Synopsis
- Reggie traps Archie in a giant dinosaur skeleton while on a field trip to a museum.
- Reprints
- from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #216 (April 1968)
-
- Keywords
- dinosaur skeleton; gong
Apache
text story / 1 page
- Genre
- western-frontier
- Characters
- Luke Marlin; an Apache Indian
- Synopsis
- Alone in the blazing hot desert, Marlin struggles with a wounded Indian.
- Reprints
- from Adventures of the Fly (Archie, 1960 series) #8 (September 1960)
-
Goof Spoof
Sabrina / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- George Gladir
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo Jr.
- Inks
- Dan DeCarlo Jr.
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Sabrina Spellman; Aunt Hilda
- Synopsis
- Hilda is a little too literal in helping the local football team.
- Reprints
- from Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (Archie, 1971 series) #38 (May 1977)
-
Zap Flap
Sabrina / comic story / 0.5 page
- Script
- George Gladir
- Pencils
- Dan DeCarlo Jr.
- Inks
- Dan DeCarlo Jr.
- Colors
- Barry Grossman
- Letters
- Bill Yoshida
- Genre
- teen; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Sabrina Spellman; Aunt Hilda; Harvey Kinkle
- Synopsis
- Aunt Hilda is a little too literal when she decides to help Sabrina get close to Harvey.
- Reprints
- from Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (Archie, 1971 series) #38 (May 1977)
-
It's Snow Fun
Sabrina / comic story / 5 pages
- Feature Logo
- That Cute Little Witch Little Sabrina
- Genre
- humor; children; fantasy-supernatural; teen
- Reprints
- from Little Archie (Archie, 1969 series) #128 (March 1978)
-
Some Culture
Veronica / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Daddikins!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Veronica Lodge; Hiram Lodge
- Synopsis
- Veronica takes her father to a museum to show him a painting that she likes.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #36 (May 1958)
-
Tee Time
Jughead / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Jughead Jones; Mr. Weatherbee; Reggie Mantle; Miss Grundy; Archie Andrews; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Jughead has to carry Reggie's golf bag around school, which gets him in trouble with Mr. Weatherbee.
- Reprints
- from Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #152 (February 1968) [New colors]
-
- Keywords
- golf
[no title indexed]
Reggie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Ha-ha-ha! What's with the fifth wheel?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Reggie Mantle; Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper
- Synopsis
- Reggie makes fun of Archie's fifth wheel on his jalopy.
- Reprints
- from Archie daily (King Features Syndicate) 1981-03-28
Bright Sprite
Jughead / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- This tug of war should help Moose prepare for his fight!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #15 (November 1969)
-
You're the Tops!
Betty / comic story / 3 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Wait till the gang sees my sweater with this mink collar!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Jughead Jones
- Synopsis
- Veronica keeps topping Betty in everything from clothes to vacations.
- Reprints
- from Archie's Girls Betty and Veronica (Archie, 1950 series) #42 (May 1959)
-
[no title indexed]
Archie's Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Do you have to do your homework in the kitchen?
- Genre
- teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Fred Andrews; Mary Andrews
- Synopsis
- Fred accidentally mistakes Archie's glass of water to clean his paintbrush for orange juice.
- Reprints
- from Archie daily (King Features Syndicate) 1963-12-06
The Long and Short of It!
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 4 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Do you know what the longest word is?
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Li'l Jinx Holliday; Hap Holliday; Mrs. Holliday
- Synopsis
- Jinx asks Hap what the longest word is.
- Reprints
- from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #216 (April 1968)
-
Double Indemnity
Betty and Veronica / comic story / 5 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Hey, Arch! I think I'm seeing double!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Archie Andrews; Betty Cooper; Veronica Lodge; Reggie Mantle
- Synopsis
- When Betty and Veronica wear identical skating outfits, Veronica tries to ruin Betty's outfit.
- Reprints
- from Pep (Archie, 1960 series) #216 (April 1968)
-
- Keywords
- ice skating
Indexer Notes
Credits from the index in Archie Giant Series Magazine (Archie, 1954 series) #191.
Diagnostic Agnostic
Archie / comic story / 2 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- Archie, doesn't it bother you that people make fun of your car?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Synopsis
- Archie takes his car to a diagnostics center and it blows their equipment.
- Reprints
- from Betty and Me (Archie, 1965 series) #41 (April 1972) [Feature changed]
-
Early Period
Shrimpy / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Characters
- Shrimpy
- Reprints
- from Katy Keene Comics (Archie, 1949 series) #52 (May 1960)
-
The Father Image
Sabrina / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- teen; fantasy-supernatural
- Characters
- Sabrina Spellman; Harvey Kinkle; Bert Badger; George Washington
- Synopsis
- Sabrina uses magic and history to recover some money that Harvey was conned out of.
- Reprints
- from Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (Archie, 1971 series) #38 (May 1977)
-
Weigh Out Scene
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- from Life with Archie (Archie, 1958 series) #95 (March 1970)
-
Veronica Fun Page
Veronica Fun Page / activity / 0.67 page
- Reprints
- from Archie Annual (Archie, 1950 series) #8 (1956-1957)
-
[no title indexed]
Headsup / comic story / 0.33 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- What ever made you give her an engagement ring?
- Genre
- humor
- Reprints
- from Archie Annual (Archie, 1950 series) #8 (1956-1957)
-
Crouch Slouch
Jughead / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #12 (June 1969)
-
Sing a Song of Sixpence
Josie / comic story / 6 pages
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Josie; Melody; Valerie; Alexander Cabot III; Alexander Cabot II; Alexandra Cabot; Veronica Lodge
- Synopsis
- Alex meets Veronica Lodge, who is even snobbier and wealthier than he is. Determined to prove that no one can out-snob a Cabot, Alex hires the Pussycats to accompany him in a sarcastic serenade outside the Lodge mansion.
- Reprints
- from Josie and the Pussycats (Archie, 1969 series) #59 (December 1971)
-
Indexer Notes
Alex's serenade quotes from the lyrics of the Jerome Kern standard "Lovely To Look At."
Sabrina's Nutty Puzzlogy
Sabrina / activity / 1 page
- Genre
- fantasy-supernatural; teen
- Characters
- Sabrina
- Synopsis
- Using the letters in the title as clues, decode the words to find out trivia about Sabrina.
- Reprints
- from Sabrina, the Teenage Witch (Archie, 1971 series) #71 (December 1981) [New colors]
-
Out of Sight
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; teen; children
- Reprints
- from Li'l Jinx (Archie, 1956 series) #13 (March 1957) [Artist's signature removed; new colors]
-
Bullseye
Li'l Jinx / comic story / 0.5 page
- Genre
- humor; children
- Reprints
- from Li'l Jinx (Archie, 1956 series) #13 (March 1957) [Artist's signature removed; new colors]
-
Sheer Poetry
Archie / comic story / 6 pages
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- The entire school board...and spouses, Miss Grundy!
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Waldo Weatherbee; Geraldine Grundy; Archie Andrews; Jughead Jones; Dilton Doiley
- Synopsis
- Mr. Weatherbee instructs Miss Grundy to put on a school performance of the poet Percy Shelley but Miss Grundy intentionally misunderstands and puts on a performance of Frankenstein by Mary Shelley.
- Reprints
- from Archie and Me (Archie, 1964 series) #75 (July 1975) [Feature changed]
-
- Keywords
- school play
Indexer Notes
Credits from the reprint in World of Archie Double Digest (Archie, 2010 series) #71.
Cap Flap
Jughead / comic story / 1 page
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Reprints
- from Jughead's Jokes (Archie, 1967 series) #12 (June 1969)
-
[no title indexed]
Mr. Lodge Gag Bag / comic story / 1 page
- First Line of Dialogue or Text
- How do you like my new sound system, Archie?
- Genre
- humor; teen
- Characters
- Mr. Lodge; Veronica Lodge; Archie Andrews
- Synopsis
- Veronica shows off the buttons on her new sound system.
- Reprints
- from Archie daily (King Features Syndicate) 1980-05-20
Editing
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Series Information
Table of Contents
-
1.
Double Your Pleasure
Dilton -
2.
Dots More or Less
-
3.
Nifty Lifty
Sabrina -
4.
Style Smile
Sabrina -
5.
Bag Holders
Betty and Veronica -
6.
Miss Grundy Happy Birthday
Miss Beazly -
7.
Rave Favor
Reggie -
8.
Green Scene
Reggie -
9.
What's in a Name?
Sabrina -
10.
Cuttin' Up
Pat the Brat -
11.
A Designer
Pat the Brat -
12.
Starry Eyed
Li'l Jinx -
13.
["He's done it again!"]
Archie -
14.
["Miss Haggly didn't come in!"]
Miss Grundy Gag Bag -
15.
The Destroyer
Professor Flutesnoot -
16.
Sunk Skunk
Jughead -
17.
No One Does Anything
Little Archie -
18.
The Principal's Pin-Up
Mr. Weatherbee -
19.
Nice and Easy
Li'l Jinx -
20.
Hide and Sneak
Betty and Veronica -
21.
["You know, I think I've been working much too hard!"]
Archie's Pop Gag Bag -
22.
A Change of Heart
Pipsqueak -
23.
Quiz Whiz
Jughead -
24.
The Moment of Truth
That Wilkin Boy -
25.
["That creep Clyde is so far out he wears blue shoes!"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
26.
Museum Piece
Archie -
27.
Apache
-
28.
Goof Spoof
Sabrina -
29.
Zap Flap
Sabrina -
30.
It's Snow Fun
Sabrina -
31.
Some Culture
Veronica -
32.
Tee Time
Jughead -
33.
["Ha-ha-ha! What's with the fifth wheel?"]
Reggie's Gag Bag -
34.
Bright Sprite
Jughead -
35.
You're the Tops!
Betty -
36.
["Do you have to do your homework in the kitchen?"]
Archie's Gag Bag -
37.
The Long and Short of It!
Li'l Jinx -
38.
Double Indemnity
Betty and Veronica -
39.
Diagnostic Agnostic
Archie -
40.
Early Period
Shrimpy -
41.
The Father Image
Sabrina -
42.
Weigh Out Scene
Archie -
43.
Veronica Fun Page
Veronica Fun Page -
44.
["What ever made you give her an engagement ring?"]
Headsup -
45.
Crouch Slouch
Jughead -
46.
Sing a Song of Sixpence
Josie -
47.
Sabrina's Nutty Puzzlogy
Sabrina -
48.
Out of Sight
Li'l Jinx -
49.
Bullseye
Li'l Jinx -
50.
Sheer Poetry
Archie -
51.
[no title indexed]
Archie's Official Checklist -
52.
Cap Flap
Jughead -
53.
["How do you like my new sound system, Archie?"]
Mr. Lodge Gag Bag -
54.
["Go for wheelie-wild action and high-fashion hilarity!"]
Betty and Veronica -
55.
["Double the pages! Double the fun!"]
Archie
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